Peer-reviewed journal articles
2021 Steger CE, Gebrehiwot K, Chengere SA, Marinkovich J, Dullo BW, Zewde SW and Klein JA. Mental models of a social-ecological system facilitate social learning among a diverse management team. Environmental Science & Policy 122:127-138
2021 Thorn JP, Klein JA, Steger CE, Hopping KA, Capitani C, Tucker CM, Reid RS and Marchant RA. Scenario archetypes reveal risks and opportunities for global mountain futures. Global Environmental Change, 69: 102291.
2021 Steger CE, Klein JA, Reid RS, Lavorel S, Tucker CM, Hopping KA, Marchant R, Teel T, Cuni-Sanchez A, Dorji T, Greenwood G, Huber R, Kasam K, Kreuer D, Nolin AW, Russell A, Sharp JL, Smid M, Thorn JPR, Grant G, Mahdi M, Moreno M, and Waiswa, D. Science with society: Evidence-based guidance for best practices in environmental transdisciplinary work. Global Environmental Change 68: 102240.
2021 Steger CE, Cosgrove C, Hirsch S, Inman S, Nost E, Shinbrot X, Thorn J, Brown D, Gret-Regemy A, Muller B, Tucker C, Weibel B, and Klein J. Linking model design and application for transdisciplinary approaches in social-ecological systems. Global Environmental Change
2020 Thorn JPR, Steger CE, Tucker CM, Nolin AW, Reid RS, Hopping KA, Capitani C, Marchant R, Seidl R, Chitale VS, and Klein JA. Envisioning mountain futures: a systematic review of scenario planning in mountain social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society.
2020 Oleksy, IA, Beck WS, Lammers RW, Steger CE, Wilson C, Christianson K, Vincent K, Johnson G, Johnson PTJ, and Baron JS. The role of warm, dry summers and variation in snowpack on phytoplankton dynamics in mountain lakes. Ecology. doi:10.1002/ecy.3132.
2020 Steger CE, Nigussie G, Fekadu M, Warkineh B, Alonzo M, Van Den Hoek J, Evangelista P, Klein J. Knowledge coproduction improves understanding of environmental change in the Ethiopian highlands. Ecology and Society 25(2):2.
2019 Klein J, Tucker C, Nolin A, Hopping K, Reid R, Steger CE, Lavorel S, Mueller B, Gret-Regamy A, and the Mountain Sentinels Collaborative Network. Catalyzing Transformations to Sustainability in the World's Mountains. Earth's Future 7: 547-557.
2019 Klein JA, Tucker CM, Steger CE, Nolin AW, Reid RS, Hopping KA, Thorn JPR, Yeh ET, Pradhan MS, Taber A, Molden D, Ghate R, Choudhury D, Alcántara-Ayala I, Lavorel S, Müller B, Grêt-Regamey A, Boone RB, Bougeron P, Castellanos E, Chen X, Dong S, Keiler M, Seidl R, and Yager K. An Integrated community and ecosystem-based approach to disaster risk reduction in mountain systems. Environmental Science and Policy 94: 143-152.
2018 Steger CE, Hirsch S, Evers C, Branoff B, Nielsen-Pincus M, Petrova M, Wardropper C, van Riper C. Ecosystem services as boundary objects for transdisciplinary collaboration. Ecological Economics 143: 153-160.
2017 Steger CE, Hooten M, and Butt B. Safari Science: Assessing the reliability of citizen science data for wildlife surveys. Journal of Applied Ecology 54: 2053–2062.
2017 Bertani I, Steger CE, Obenour DR, Fahnenstiel GL, Bridgeman TB, Johengen TH, Sayers MJ, Shuchman RA and Scavia D. Tracking cyanobacteria blooms: Do different monitoring approaches tell the same story? Science of the Total Environment 575: 294-308.
2016 Bertani I, Obenour DR, Steger CE, Stow CA, Gronewold AD and Scavia D. Probabilistically assessing the role of nutrient loading in harmful algal bloom formation in western Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research 42: 1184-1192.
2015 Steger CE and Butt B. Integrating citizen science into protected areas: Problems and prospects from East Africa. African Journal of Ecology 53: 592-594.
Manuscripts In Review
Alonzo M, Van Den Hoek J, Steger CE, Murillo P, and Zinda J. Mapping and quantifying land cover dynamics using dense remote sensing time series with the user-friendly pyNITA software. Environmental Modeling and Software.
Technical Reports
Scavia D, DePinto J, Zhang H, Obenour D, Bocainov S, Bertani I, Steger CE, Rucinski D, Auer M, Chapra S, Yerubandi R, Leon L, McCrimmon C, Stumpf R, Schuetter J, and T Gulbransen. 2016. Annex 4 Ensemble Modeling Report. Prepared for: Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Nutrient Annex 4 Objectives and Targets Task Team.
Public Communications
Cara Steger. October 2, 2019 Reflections on Mountain Day at the American Association of Geographers. https://mountainsentinels.org/reflections-on-mountain-day-at-the-american-association-of-geographers/
Cara Steger. March 14, 2019. Modeling and Monitoring Shrub Encroachment. https://collaborativeconservation.org/2019/03/14/modeling-and-monitoring-shrub-encroachment-in-the-guassa-community-conservation-area-ethiopia-by-cara-steger/
Cara Steger. February 20, 2019. Where the grass is sometimes greener: conserving remnants of the afroalpine zone in Ethiopia. https://sustainability.colostate.edu/blog/humannature/cara-steger/
Cara Steger and Bikila Warkineh Dullo. November 5, 2018. Strengthening Relationships Through Research Co-Design. https://collaborativeconservation.org/2018/11/05/strengthening-relationships-through-research-co-design/
Cara Steger and Jessica Thorn. April 27, 2018. Mountains in Louisiana? Reflections on AAG 2018. https://mountainsentinels.org/mountains-louisiana-reflections-aag-2018/
Cara Steger and Bikila Warkineh Dullo. May 17, 2018. Shrub Encroachment in the Guassa Community Conservation Area. https://collaborativeconservation.org/2018/05/17/shrub-encroachment-in-the-guassa-community-conservation-area/
Cara Steger. April 20, 2017. Notes from the field: Can we map local knowledge? https://www.nrel.colostate.edu/notes-from-the-field-can-we-map-local-knowledge/
Cara Steger. August 30, 2016. Understanding change in the Northern Highlands of Ethiopia. https://www2.nrel.colostate.edu/projects/csu-ethiopia/articles/UnderstandingChangeInTheNorthernHighlands.html
Cara Steger. December 16, 2015. Early Career Mountain Sentinels. https://mountainsentinels.org/2015/12/
2021 Steger CE, Gebrehiwot K, Chengere SA, Marinkovich J, Dullo BW, Zewde SW and Klein JA. Mental models of a social-ecological system facilitate social learning among a diverse management team. Environmental Science & Policy 122:127-138
2021 Thorn JP, Klein JA, Steger CE, Hopping KA, Capitani C, Tucker CM, Reid RS and Marchant RA. Scenario archetypes reveal risks and opportunities for global mountain futures. Global Environmental Change, 69: 102291.
2021 Steger CE, Klein JA, Reid RS, Lavorel S, Tucker CM, Hopping KA, Marchant R, Teel T, Cuni-Sanchez A, Dorji T, Greenwood G, Huber R, Kasam K, Kreuer D, Nolin AW, Russell A, Sharp JL, Smid M, Thorn JPR, Grant G, Mahdi M, Moreno M, and Waiswa, D. Science with society: Evidence-based guidance for best practices in environmental transdisciplinary work. Global Environmental Change 68: 102240.
2021 Steger CE, Cosgrove C, Hirsch S, Inman S, Nost E, Shinbrot X, Thorn J, Brown D, Gret-Regemy A, Muller B, Tucker C, Weibel B, and Klein J. Linking model design and application for transdisciplinary approaches in social-ecological systems. Global Environmental Change
2020 Thorn JPR, Steger CE, Tucker CM, Nolin AW, Reid RS, Hopping KA, Capitani C, Marchant R, Seidl R, Chitale VS, and Klein JA. Envisioning mountain futures: a systematic review of scenario planning in mountain social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society.
2020 Oleksy, IA, Beck WS, Lammers RW, Steger CE, Wilson C, Christianson K, Vincent K, Johnson G, Johnson PTJ, and Baron JS. The role of warm, dry summers and variation in snowpack on phytoplankton dynamics in mountain lakes. Ecology. doi:10.1002/ecy.3132.
2020 Steger CE, Nigussie G, Fekadu M, Warkineh B, Alonzo M, Van Den Hoek J, Evangelista P, Klein J. Knowledge coproduction improves understanding of environmental change in the Ethiopian highlands. Ecology and Society 25(2):2.
2019 Klein J, Tucker C, Nolin A, Hopping K, Reid R, Steger CE, Lavorel S, Mueller B, Gret-Regamy A, and the Mountain Sentinels Collaborative Network. Catalyzing Transformations to Sustainability in the World's Mountains. Earth's Future 7: 547-557.
2019 Klein JA, Tucker CM, Steger CE, Nolin AW, Reid RS, Hopping KA, Thorn JPR, Yeh ET, Pradhan MS, Taber A, Molden D, Ghate R, Choudhury D, Alcántara-Ayala I, Lavorel S, Müller B, Grêt-Regamey A, Boone RB, Bougeron P, Castellanos E, Chen X, Dong S, Keiler M, Seidl R, and Yager K. An Integrated community and ecosystem-based approach to disaster risk reduction in mountain systems. Environmental Science and Policy 94: 143-152.
2018 Steger CE, Hirsch S, Evers C, Branoff B, Nielsen-Pincus M, Petrova M, Wardropper C, van Riper C. Ecosystem services as boundary objects for transdisciplinary collaboration. Ecological Economics 143: 153-160.
2017 Steger CE, Hooten M, and Butt B. Safari Science: Assessing the reliability of citizen science data for wildlife surveys. Journal of Applied Ecology 54: 2053–2062.
2017 Bertani I, Steger CE, Obenour DR, Fahnenstiel GL, Bridgeman TB, Johengen TH, Sayers MJ, Shuchman RA and Scavia D. Tracking cyanobacteria blooms: Do different monitoring approaches tell the same story? Science of the Total Environment 575: 294-308.
2016 Bertani I, Obenour DR, Steger CE, Stow CA, Gronewold AD and Scavia D. Probabilistically assessing the role of nutrient loading in harmful algal bloom formation in western Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research 42: 1184-1192.
2015 Steger CE and Butt B. Integrating citizen science into protected areas: Problems and prospects from East Africa. African Journal of Ecology 53: 592-594.
Manuscripts In Review
Alonzo M, Van Den Hoek J, Steger CE, Murillo P, and Zinda J. Mapping and quantifying land cover dynamics using dense remote sensing time series with the user-friendly pyNITA software. Environmental Modeling and Software.
Technical Reports
Scavia D, DePinto J, Zhang H, Obenour D, Bocainov S, Bertani I, Steger CE, Rucinski D, Auer M, Chapra S, Yerubandi R, Leon L, McCrimmon C, Stumpf R, Schuetter J, and T Gulbransen. 2016. Annex 4 Ensemble Modeling Report. Prepared for: Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Nutrient Annex 4 Objectives and Targets Task Team.
Public Communications
Cara Steger. October 2, 2019 Reflections on Mountain Day at the American Association of Geographers. https://mountainsentinels.org/reflections-on-mountain-day-at-the-american-association-of-geographers/
Cara Steger. March 14, 2019. Modeling and Monitoring Shrub Encroachment. https://collaborativeconservation.org/2019/03/14/modeling-and-monitoring-shrub-encroachment-in-the-guassa-community-conservation-area-ethiopia-by-cara-steger/
Cara Steger. February 20, 2019. Where the grass is sometimes greener: conserving remnants of the afroalpine zone in Ethiopia. https://sustainability.colostate.edu/blog/humannature/cara-steger/
Cara Steger and Bikila Warkineh Dullo. November 5, 2018. Strengthening Relationships Through Research Co-Design. https://collaborativeconservation.org/2018/11/05/strengthening-relationships-through-research-co-design/
Cara Steger and Jessica Thorn. April 27, 2018. Mountains in Louisiana? Reflections on AAG 2018. https://mountainsentinels.org/mountains-louisiana-reflections-aag-2018/
Cara Steger and Bikila Warkineh Dullo. May 17, 2018. Shrub Encroachment in the Guassa Community Conservation Area. https://collaborativeconservation.org/2018/05/17/shrub-encroachment-in-the-guassa-community-conservation-area/
Cara Steger. April 20, 2017. Notes from the field: Can we map local knowledge? https://www.nrel.colostate.edu/notes-from-the-field-can-we-map-local-knowledge/
Cara Steger. August 30, 2016. Understanding change in the Northern Highlands of Ethiopia. https://www2.nrel.colostate.edu/projects/csu-ethiopia/articles/UnderstandingChangeInTheNorthernHighlands.html
Cara Steger. December 16, 2015. Early Career Mountain Sentinels. https://mountainsentinels.org/2015/12/